Logan

#402 for girls in 2025, 775 births · #53 for boys in 2025, 5,576 births
Given to boys 92.4% of the time

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Peak · boys
2017 · 14,061 births
Debut · boys
13 births
In top 100 · boys
35 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
387,999
since 1880

Logan over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201985peak #257, 1996peak #5, 2017girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#402775#535,576
2024#390808#456,297
2023#356858#396,706
2022#372848#337,614
2021#3131,035#218,836
2020#3171,001#169,163
2019#322996#1610,571
2018#3101,078#1012,447
2017#2921,106#514,061
2016#384855#1811,278
2015#393835#1412,939
2014#392832#1313,669
2013#431707#1812,366
2012#455683#2212,488
2011#526551#2112,999
2010#487620#1714,032
2009#455684#1714,467
2008#431736#1913,861
2007#455708#1715,331
2006#433737#2015,151
2005#410759#2613,475
2004#352900#2713,140
2003#351885#2813,187
2002#330921#2912,974
2001#3051,042#2912,710
2000#318999#409,737
1999#2891,073#429,136
1998#2931,026#448,640
1997#2751,067#428,620
1996#2571,097#428,374
1995#2641,041#516,953
1994#311879#705,458
1993#333790#764,844
1992#440571#894,226
1991#476512#943,893
1990#612368#1043,433
1989#622341#1043,281
1988#762245#1092,758
1987#1,109135#1441,951
1986#1,113132#1921,329
1985#1,41090#233995
1984#1,33291#227988
1983#1,35888#265780
1982#1,43684#294689
1981#1,42386#290693
1980#1,88657#348519
1979#2,11247#370468
1978#3,92418#454307
1977#5,21312#592203
1976#5,60110#781113
1975#6,4848#89485
1974#8,7755#96971
1973#97868
1972#7,2926#1,04060
1971#1,10155
1970#1,10355
1969#1,11049
1968#95858
1967#1,00352
1966#94159
1965#1,06448
1964#93666
1963#1,13846
1962#98460
1961#1,10850
1960#99659
1959#1,05054
1958#1,11447
1957#1,16544
1956#1,14044
1955#92165
1954#96359
1953#93958
1952#1,00251
1951#89262
1950#1,00648
1949#94653
1948#92356
1947#90659
1946#94450
1945#91649
1944#91848
1943#90854
1942#1,11937
1941#95145
1940#84156
1939#93145
1938#1,04338
1937#1,03138
1936#94942
1935#96943
1934#77963
1933#78860
1932#78665
1931#99744
1930#1,03744
1929#77169
1928#1,00347
1927#82565
1926#94452
1925#72380
1924#71086
1923#87361
1922#78073
1921#69886
1920#76674
1919#69081
1918#67485
1917#61294
1916#66279
1915#82355
1914#62965
1913#75938
1912#72535
1911#79317
1910#72917
1909#63618
1908#77912
1907#9998
1906#75211
1905#52519
1904#64713
1903#65612
1902#61513
1901#7798
1900#49022
1899#66110
1898#48518
1897#49516
1896#53415
1895#52915
1894#50216
1893#47915
1892#54714
1891#45615
1890#48915
1889#30532
1888#44218
1887#30729
1886#31130
1885#29832
1884#20763
1883#38120
1882#43717
1881#48713
1880#50513
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Logan was already there! It came in at #505, and was given to 13 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1901, when fewer than 9 boys a year got the name.

See more about Logan
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 8 spots since 2024 (#45#53)
  • 37 spots since 2020 (#16#53)
  • 39 spots since 2015 (#14#53)
  • Biggest jump: 232 spots in 1929 (#1,003#771)
  • Biggest drop: 289 spots in 1901 (#490#779)
Rise & fade · boys
137 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2017 at #5 (14,061 births)
  • Births halved by 2023, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 10 for 2 yrs
  • Top 10: 2 yrs · run 2017–2018
  • Top 100: 35 yrs · run 1991–2025
  • Top 1,000: 127 yrs · run 1973–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 132
  • Highest: 1 in 132 boys born in 2017 were named Logan (0.76%)
  • Latest: 1 in 306 boys born in 2025 (0.33%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 34.5% of all boys named Logan (134,033) were born in this decade
  • Comeback: #207 (1884) → #1,165 (1957) → #5 (2017)
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s267#207 (1884)#368
1890s149#456 (1891)#518
1900s136#490 (1900)#688
1910s566#612 (1917)#710
1920s693#698 (1921)#809
1930s482#779 (1934)#931
1940s507#841 (1940)#937
1950s532#892 (1951)#1,019
1960s547#936 (1964)#1,024
1970s1,485#370 (1979)#828
1980s13,983#104 (1989)#221
1990s63,577#42 (1999)#65
2000s134,033#17 (2007)#25
2010s126,850#5 (2017)#15
2020s44,192#16 (2020)#35

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Logan in 1985

girls
#1,410
90 births · 1 in 19,120 girls
boys
#233
995 births · 1 in 1,857 boys

Top girls' names in 1985

  1. #1Jessica48,345
  2. #2Ashley47,010
  3. #3Jennifer42,661
  4. #4Amanda39,055
  5. #5Sarah24,879
  6. #6Stephanie23,243
  7. #7Nicole22,966
  8. #8Heather21,151
  9. #9Elizabeth20,545
  10. #10Megan20,013
  11. #1,410Logan90

Top boys' names in 1985

  1. #1Michael64,934
  2. #2Christopher59,609
  3. #3Matthew47,075
  4. #4Joshua42,194
  5. #5Daniel38,559
  6. #6David38,522
  7. #7James35,862
  8. #8Robert32,094
  9. #9John31,502
  10. #10Joseph30,222
  11. #233Logan995
More about 1985

girls

1,720,828 girls got a published name in 1985; 1 in 19,120 of them was named Logan, which outranked 88.7% of the 12,505 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Logan
  1. #1,401Petra91
  2. #1,401Tamesha91
  3. #1,401Tawnya91
  4. #1,410Logan90
  5. #1,410Brittnie90
  6. #1,410Desire90
  7. #1,410Fiona90
  8. #1,424Flor89
  9. #1,424Kellee89
  10. #1,424Nathan89

Tied with 13 names at #1,410; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1984
Risers
  1. 7,360Kayleigh#8,153#793
  2. 1,675Madison#2,299#624
  3. 1,167Cierra#1,633#466
  4. 1,002Ciera#1,703#701
  5. 787Krystina#1,332#545
Fallers
  1. 1,164Grisel#784#1,948
  2. 893Ciji#963#1,856
  3. 419Falon#914#1,333
  4. 364Alesia#969#1,333
  5. 362Echo#845#1,207

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,848,210 boys got a published name in 1985; 1 in 1,857 of them was named Logan, which outranked 96.9% of the 7,586 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Logan
  1. #230Dane1,003
  2. #231Nicolas1,001
  3. #232Eugene996
  4. #233Logan995
  5. #234Steve990
  6. #235Ramon988
  7. #236Bryce984
Biggest movers since 1984
Risers
  1. 2,425Jaymes#3,270#845
  2. 977Trace#1,933#956
  3. 933Durrell#1,656#723
  4. 793Durell#1,399#606
  5. 562Brandyn#1,444#882
Fallers
  1. 420Anwar#951#1,371
  2. 345Zebulon#976#1,321
  3. 303Tavares#925#1,228
  4. 250Alonso#931#1,181
  5. 228Abdul#1,000#1,228

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1985